Monthly Archives: November 2015

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  Canna ‘Brolga Dance’

  Posted on November 27, 2015 by stephenryan in Bog plants, Collector Plants, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, Perennials

  I have again fallen in love with Cannas and don’t expect to have a minor fling again. They were once those things planted in mixed colours in round beds in public parks, oh how awful! But used singly as feature plants in a sunny moist border or by or in a pond they truly come […]

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  Hypericum ‘Hidcote’

  Posted on November 21, 2015 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, drought tolerant, evergreen, Shrubs

  This Genus commonly called St. Johns Wort is far better than its common name might suggest. The specific cultivar I’m talking about was a self sown seedling at the famous garden of Hidcote in England and is obviously worth having if Lawrence  Johnston said so! This is a hardy evergreen shrub to 1.5 metres each […]

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  Hydrangea scandens ssp. liukiuensis

  Posted on November 14, 2015 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, shade tolerant, Shrubs

  One hell of a name for a small deciduous shrub from Yakushima in Japan at least I hope that is what I am growing under this name! However what ever it is I am growing it is certainly a Hydrangea and one that we should all be growing in our gardens. It is deciduous and […]

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  Halleria lucida

  Posted on November 8, 2015 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, Edible, evergreen, shade tolerant, Shrubs

  Attractive and interesting multipurpose evergreen shrubs are not that easy to find hence the proliferation of such abominations as the James Stirling Pittosporum grown in the thousands to annoy good gardeners everywhere. Were I looking for a quick growing shrub to 4 metres or so to hide my strange behaviour from them next door I […]

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